Shamwari Game Reserve bags 2 World Travel Awards

At last nights grand finale of the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) Ceremony held in London, Shamwari Game Reserve, a five-star Mantis game reserve situated near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape was awarded two top international awards. Shamwari Game Reserve received the World’s Leading Safari & Game Reserve Award and World’s Leading Conservation Leading Company for 2009.

Over and above this, about a week ago, Shamwari Game Reserve walked away with the Leading Eco Retreat in Africa at the Amarula Best Retreats in Africa Awards 2009 for its ecological and conservation principles. .

Adrian Gardiner, Mantis CEO and Founder says “To be acknowledged at the World Travel Awards and the Amarula Best Retreats in Africa Awards 2009 an outstanding achievement.  The Shamwari Game Reserve team has set out to continuously elevate the guest experience at the game reserve, creating new benchmarks in delivering complete wildlife and hospitality offerings to our guests and travel industry colleagues. Going forward, we will continue to maintain the highest regard for our environment whilst remaining at the forefront of conservation and hospitality in Africa.”

The World Travel Awards are hailed as the ‘travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscars’ by the Wall Street Journal newspaper and are described as “the most comprehensive and the most prestigious awards program in the global travel industry’ by numerous media reports.  “The survey is truly global in scale, independent and accountable,” says Graham Cooke, president of the World Travel Awards.

Thousands of travel agents and industry members from around the globe vote for winners of the World Travel Awards, which was launched in 1993 to celebrate excellence in the World’s travel and tourism industry.